Ron Paul will be in Des Moines next week to testify as a witness in the trial against three former campaign staffers.

Ron Paul will be in Des Moines next week to testify as a witness in the trial against three former campaign staffers.

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Updated: 10:12 PM CDT Oct 6, 2015

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WEBVTT KEVIN: KCCI'S LAURA TERRELL JOINS US LIVE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN IS A WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. LAURA: THREE STAFFERS FROM THE RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN -- RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2012 CAMPAIGN ARE ACCUSED OF PAYING KENT SORENSON, COVERING IT UP, AND THEN LYING ABOUT THE COVER UP. THESE FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS LAY OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S ENTIRE CASE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STARING. LAURA: HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN IOWA WHILE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. BUT NEXT WEEK, RON PAUL WILL BE IN DES MOINES, AS A WITNESS FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN WILL TESTIFY THAT HE DID NOT KNOW 3 OF HIS FORMER CAMPAIGN STAFFERS PAID KENT SORENSON TO ENDORSE HIM AND THAT HE NEVER WOULD HAVE APPROVED IT. PAYING A STATE SENATOR TO WORK ON A CAMPAIGN IS ILLEGAL IN IOWA, AND COVERING IT UP MAKES IT A FEDERAL CRIME. THE BIGGEST WAY TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION IS TO BE CHARGED WITH LYING BECAUSE THEN THEY CHARGE YOU WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. LAURA: PROSECUTORS SAY JESSE BENTON, JOHN TATE, AND DIMITRIOS KESARI PAID SORENSON $$8,000 A -- PAID SORENSON $8,000 A MONTH TO LEAVE MICHELLE BACHMAN'S CAMPAIGN AND COME OVER TO RON PAUL'S. WE'VE NOW LEARNED THAT THEY USED A FILM COMPANY AS A PASS THROUGH ENTITY TO HIDE THE PAYMENTS. THE GOVERNMENT ALLEGES THE STAFFERS ORIGINALLY GAVE SORENSON'S WIFE A $25,000 DOLLAR CHECK AND THEN CANCELLED IT AFTER MICHELLE BACHMAN MADE ACCUSATIONS SORENSON ACCEPTED MONEY. THEY EVENTUALLY WIRED ANOTHER $25,000 THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, A JEWELRY COMPANY. IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MONEY IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, SUNSHINE IS GOOD. THAT IS, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. LAURA: PROSECUTORS SAY THE CAMPAIGN STAFFERS LIED TO FBI AGENTS ABOUT THE COVER UP, AND EVEN CONVINCED SORENSON TO GO ON NATIONAL TV DENYING HE EVER RECEIVED ANY MONEY. THEY SAY EMAIL AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE PROVES OTHERWISE AND SORENSON IS EXPECTED TO BE THEIR WITNESS NEXT WEEK, ADMITTING TO THE THE ENTIRE SCHEME IN FEDERAL COURT. GOLDFORD SAYS THIS CASE WILL HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE VOTERS AND IOWA CAUCUS-GOERS

Ron Paul, Kent Sorenson to testify against former campaign staffers

Ron Paul will be in Des Moines next week to testify as a witness in the trial against three former campaign staffers.